how to get .c equivalent of a .cpp

[Jonathan Wakely]

On 13 July 2011 19:42, kevin diggs wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 3:45 AM, Maxim Kuvyrkov <maxim@codesourcery.com> wrote:
>> On Jul 13, 2011, at 12:00 PM, ranjith kumar wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>> 1) I read somewhere that .cpp code is converted into .c code by the
>>> compiler, and .c file is used to make the executable file.
>>
>> This was the way first C++ compilers operated.  GCC compiles C++ code directly into assembly.
>>
> I think these were sometimes called "cfront".

Cfront was a specific C++ compiler (the first one) not just a generic
term for one that compiled to C.